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Evil (051-075)

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He that helps the evil hurts the good. — English
He who has a good companion can bear any evil. — Spanish
He who sows evil will harvest repentance. — African (Morocco)
He that will no evil do, must do nothing that belongs thereto. — English
He who wishes evil to another man will suffer his own loss. — Indian (Kashmiri)
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He whose stomach is full increases deeds of evil. — Hebrew
He who approves evil is guilty of it. — Indian (Tamil)
He that hopes not for good fears not evil. — English
He knows best what good is that has endured evil. — English
Hide the evil; show the good. — Chinese
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Idleness is the mother of all evil. — Greek
Idleness is the seed of all evil. — Welsh
Evil once born can never die. — English
If a man is evil, men fear him, but Heaven does not. — Chinese
If the ear hears news of evil, the neck escapes being severed. — African (Hausa)
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In every evil there is something good. — Russian
It is bad to do evil, but worse to boast of it. — English
It is better to go hungry with a pure mind than to eat well with an evil one. — Chinese
It is evil running against a stone wall. — English
It is easy to find evil but difficult to find goodness. — Filipino
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Kindness and evil are not forgotten. — African (Hausa)
Many a good cow has an evil calf. — English
Misfortune is the beginning of evil. — Russian
No evil without its advantages. — English
Of two evils choose the lesser, of two women, the third. — Hebrew
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